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wishing you lots

of joy and: laughter to remember all year.

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“Bearing gifts, they traveled afar.”
At this Holy time, we. wish for all the
great gifts of peace and happiness, faith and love.

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337 Columbia Ave., Castlegar

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Set Scene
For Festivity

From the welcoming wreath -

on the door to the Christmas
tree glowing with lights and
bedecked with packages, from
the cheery poinsettia plant on
the mantel or table to the sprig
of mistletoe with its promises
of kisses and laughter, greens
and plants set the scene for
holiday enjoyment.

Many of the greens now used
for Christmas decorations
once adorned pagan rites, and
were credited by the ancients
with certain mystical powers
and virtues.

Today, using greens has be-
come holiday custom, regard-
less of religious or symbolic
significance.

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About Trees

Perhaps the most common
use of holiday greens is seen
in the lively, decorated Christ-
mas tree found in many homes
at this time of year.

There are many legends con-
cerning the origin of Christ-
mas trees. One belief is that
the first Christmas tree was a
palm tree brought from Egypt.
The 12 parts of the palm were
supposed to represent the 12
apostles, according to the edi-
tors of the Encyclopedia Amer-
icana.

The use of pine and cedar
Yule trees is generally thought
to be of German derivation.
The introduction of the ever-
green Christmas tree came to
English-speaking peoples after
the marriage of Victoria of
England to the German prince,
Albert.

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Mistletoe Magic
Ancient followers of the
Druid religion were the first to
regard mistletoe as a sacred
plant, say the editors of The
New Book of Knowledge. They
supposed it to have. panacean
virtues in warding off every-
thing from witches to disease.
Each year, about the time
Christmas is celebrated today,
there was a ceremonial rite in
which Druid priests, using a
golden’sickle, cut the mistletoe
leaves from the “sacred oak”
and distr! them t

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It is our warmest wish that your holiday
be filled with peace of mind,
good health, and much joy.

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Fred and Mary Nazaroff

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Glad Christmas Tidings
To all, we wish the spiritual rewards
that are so much a part of Christmas. —

Fields Store

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Merry Christmas :

Filling the air with peace and joy...
the Yuletide spirit. We add our warm wishes.

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the people.

The Saxons also valued this
plant; they were the. first to
call it mistletoe. To them, mis-
tletoe symbolized everlasting
peace. —

: Snow or No, It’s
Always “White
Christmas”

The traditional image of
an outdoor Christmas scene
brings to mind, for most of

“us, the brilliance of sun-
light on snow-covered fields
and hills. But this is ‘an
idea that originated in the
northern parts of Europe -
and America—and of course
it doesn’t really apply to
the climate in many parts
of our country, -

In southern California,
for instance, roses are
blooming at Christmas—in-
deed, we all know-this if
only because’ of the famous
New Year's “Rose Bowl” .

football game. And in Flor-
da, at Christmas time,
there's apt to be’a hot sun
beaming down on sand,

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<= and yours,

_we send
best. wishes
for a

holiday

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with the

wonder of
Christmas.

- Greetings of the
-Floly Season

At Christmas, we wish for you.and yours

‘peace, joy, and love.

BURT CAMPBELL, Publisher & Editor — RENE BRODMAN, Shop Foreman
LOIS HUGHES, News Editor — WALTER MARKEN, Advertising Manager

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